In an early-Sunday stabbing spree that left 10 people dead and at least 15 injured, largely in a thinly populated indigenous village, Canadian police searched for two suspects.
Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree
The stabbings at 13 different crime locations were among the bloodiest mass murders in Canadian history and are sure to have an impact on the whole nation, which is not used to the kind of large-scale violence more frequently witnessed in the United States.
“I am shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks today,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement. “As Canadians, we mourn with everyone affected by this tragic violence, and with the people of Saskatchewan.”
Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, were identified as the two suspects by police, who also provided images and descriptions of them and stabbing, but no more information regarding their whereabouts or the victims.
Native American elders made a statement that suggested the attacks could have been motivated by drugs.
According to the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, this is the damage that occurs when dangerous illicit narcotics enter our communities.
The association speaks for 74 Saskatchewan First Nations.
According to the woman’s former boyfriend and local media, a mother of two was one among the 10 fatalities.
Speaking to the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Michael Brett Burns said, “It’s disgusting how prison time, drugs, and alcohol can wreck many lives.
Myles Sanderson was described as “unlawfully at large” in May by Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers, an initiative that encourages citizens to assist law enforcement.
No other information was provided as to why he was needed.
In Regina, approximately 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of the attacks in the James Smith Cree Nation and the community of Weldon, police claimed they saw the two males driving a black Nissan Rogue.
“It appears that some of the victims may have been targeted, and some may be random.
So, to speak to a motive would be extremely difficult at this point in time,” The Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s commanding officer, Rhonda Blackmore, stated at a press conference.
According to authorities, there might be more injured people in the stabbing who drove themselves to different hospitals.
Two emergency operations centers were set up after the elected elders of the country proclaimed a state of emergency “in reaction to the multiple killings and attacks against members of the James Smith Cree Nation.”
Less than 5% of Canada’s population, or roughly 38 million people, are indigenous, and they have greater rates of poverty, unemployment, and shorter life expectancies than other Canadians.
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